Service difficulty report · Spar · Boeing 737377

Difficulty date
July 24, 2003
Submitted
September 4, 2003
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Boeing 737377
System (JASC)
5711 · Wing Spar
Part
Spar
Part number
6549469
Condition
Corroded
Location
Lt Wing
Part time
42,828 cycles
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

(AUS) LT WING VENT BOX NR 10 STIFFENER CORRODED ON AFT FACE BETWEEN STN 557 & 583. CORROSION WAS FOUND IN 4 AREAS. 3 AREAS WERE LOCATED BETWEEN 100MM & 177.8MM OUTBOARD OF WS 557 & WERE APPROX 25.4MM INDIAMETER. ONE AREA LOCATED BETWEEN 304.8MM & 381MM OUTBOARD OF WS 557 & MEASURED APPROX 100MM BY 38.1MM. LOWER SECTION OF WING REAR SPAR CONTAINED CORROSION AT 8 FASTENER HOLES IN 254MM SPAN AT WS 583. BLEND DEPTHS WERE BETWEEN 0.0254MM & 0.1778MM VENT BOX CHANNEL CENTER FLANGE LOCATED BETWEEN STIFFENERS NR 9 & NR 10 AT WS 557 CONTAINED TWO AREAS OF CORROSION AT INTERSECTION WITH STRINGER 9 & 10. 2, CORRODED AREAS WERE APPROX 19.05MM IN DIAMETER.